The Healthy Minds Study

The Healthy Minds Study (HMS)

The Healthy Minds Study (HMS) is an annual survey-based study examining mental health and related issues (depression, anxiety, substance use) and service utilization among college students. Since its national launch in 2007, HMS has been fielded at over 100 college and university campuses across the U.S., with over 100,000 survey respondents.

Participation

HMS is now enrolling schools for the 2015-2016 academic year. All colleges and universities are welcome!Contact us as soon as possible at healthyminds@umich.edu for more information about enrollment.

What is unique about HMS?

HMS is one of the only annual surveys of college/university populations that focuses exclusively on mental health and related issues, allowing for substantial detail in this area. The study has a special emphasis on understanding service utilization and help-seeking behavior, including factors such as stigma, knowledge, and the role of peers and other potential gatekeepers. The study also includes an option to examine how mental health symptoms predict academic outcomes (GPA and retention), which can be translated into an economic case for mental health services and programs.

To view the questionnaire, click here.To view a complete list of measures in the survey, click here.

HMS Expansion

HMS is going global! Since 2013, HMS has expanded to campuses across the world (including in Canada, Lebanon, and Qatar). In the upcoming years, we hope to include additional schools from outside the U.S.We have also expanded to community colleges! Moving forward, we hope to include many more community colleges because these schools have been underrepresented in most studies of college student mental health. In general, we welcome collaboration with any type of post-secondary or higher education institution.